JamesG
08-09-2011, 01:06 AM
Nelsan Ellis Modeled His "True Blood" Lafayette Character After His Mother (VIDEO)
by Nick Zaino
posted Aug 8th 2011
Nelsan Ellis said Monday on "The Talk" that people sometimes think he is his "True Blood" character, Lafayette Reynolds.
Your character Lafayette is an ex-drug dealer, and he's gay, wears women's clothing... but in life you're a straight guy. So do people have trouble differentiating your character from you?
They do. Being gay is just a part of Lafayette and people think that I'm everything that encompasses Lafayette which is a lot. I'm too boring as Nelsan.
My mother, she passed just recently, she was a tomboy. She was masculine and she was feminine and those are the things that Lafayette is. My other also used to do this a lot (snaps) and she had hair wraps and she was sassy.
My mother was just very sexy and had this flair and I use all of this for Lafayette.
http://www.aoltv.com/2011/08/08/nelsan-ellis-true-blood-lafayette-the-talk-video/
by Nick Zaino
posted Aug 8th 2011
Nelsan Ellis said Monday on "The Talk" that people sometimes think he is his "True Blood" character, Lafayette Reynolds.
Your character Lafayette is an ex-drug dealer, and he's gay, wears women's clothing... but in life you're a straight guy. So do people have trouble differentiating your character from you?
They do. Being gay is just a part of Lafayette and people think that I'm everything that encompasses Lafayette which is a lot. I'm too boring as Nelsan.
My mother, she passed just recently, she was a tomboy. She was masculine and she was feminine and those are the things that Lafayette is. My other also used to do this a lot (snaps) and she had hair wraps and she was sassy.
My mother was just very sexy and had this flair and I use all of this for Lafayette.
http://www.aoltv.com/2011/08/08/nelsan-ellis-true-blood-lafayette-the-talk-video/